US President Donald Trump has denounced the mass shooting at a Las Vegas music festival as “an act of pure evil,” saying Americans are “joining together in sadness, shock and grief.”
In brief remarks from the White House on Monday, Trump praised first responders, including the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, “for their courageous efforts.” The president also said he would visit Las Vegas on Wednesday.
The gun attack on the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino killed at least 58 people and injured more than 500 others. Police said the suspect, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock from Mesquite, shot himself to death.
“Last night a gunman opened fire on a large crowd at a country music concert in Las Vegas, Nevada. He brutally murdered more than 50 people and was an act of pure evil,” Trump said in his televised address.
“We cannot fathom their pain, we cannot imagine their loss,” he said of those who lost loved ones in the…